Description
An improper certificate validation vulnerability exists in Jenkins Active Directory Plugin 2.10 and earlier in src/main/java/hudson/plugins/active_directory/ActiveDirectoryDomain.java, src/main/java/hudson/plugins/active_directory/ActiveDirectorySecurityRealm.java, src/main/java/hudson/plugins/active_directory/ActiveDirectoryUnixAuthenticationProvider.java that allows attackers to impersonate the Active Directory server Jenkins connects to for authentication if Jenkins is configured to use StartTLS.
Remediation
References
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-01-28/#SECURITY-859
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